The Elders meet Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
The Elders (from second-left: Ernesto Zedillo, Juan Manuel Santos, Graça Machel, Mary Robinson, Lakhdar Brahimi and Ricardo Lagos) held wide-ranging discussions with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (centre). They were joined by The Elders's Advisory Council members Richard Branson (left) and Lulit Solomon (third from right).
Photo: Prime Minister’s Office
Learning from refugees in the Gambella region
Mary Robinson and Juan Manuel Santos meet refugees at the Nguenyyiel camp in the Gambela region of Ethiopia in May 2019.
Photo: The Elders / Michael Tewelde
Hearing the challenges facing refugee women
Mary Robinson listens to the concerns of refugee women at the Nguenyyiel camp in the western Gambela region of Ethiopia in May 2019.
Female refugees face the continued risk of sexual violence when they search for firewood in the surrounding bushland.
Female refugees face the continued risk of sexual violence when they search for firewood in the surrounding bushland.
Photo: The Elders / Michael Tewelde
Meeting children at Nguenyyiel refugee camp
Zeid Raad Al Hussein meets refugee children at the Nguenyyiel camp in the western Gambela region of Ethiopia in May 2019.
Photo: The Elders / Michael Tewelde
The Elders meet Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde
Mary Robinson (centre-left) led an Elders delegation consisting of (from left: Lakhdar Brahimi, Graça Machel, Ricardo Lagos, Juan Manuel Santos & Ernesto Zedillo) to meet Ethiopia’s President Sahle-Work Zewde (centre). The Elders are impressed by Ethiopia's promotion of women's leadership; half of all Cabinet posts are held by women, including the Minister of Peace, and President Sahle-Work Zewde is currently the only female head of state in Africa.
Witnessing the benefits of primary health care in Addis Ababa
Graça Machel meeting patients at the Feres Meda health centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2019.
Primary health care is the most effective way of providing essential services to poor and vulnerable populations.
Primary health care is the most effective way of providing essential services to poor and vulnerable populations.
Photo: The Elders / Abate Damte
Promoting the importance of health workers in delivering primary health care
Graça Machel and Ricardo Lagos, with Nane Annan and Health Extension Workers at Feres Meda health centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2019.
Photo: The Elders / Abate Damte
From refugee to humanitarian: learning from lived experiences
Mary Robinson and Lakhdar Brahimi meet humanitarian worker and former refugee Tsionawhit Gebre-Yohaness, at an Elders public event on forced displacement at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in May 2019.
Photo: The Elders / Abate Damte
Q&A with Ethiopia’s Minister for Peace, Muferiat Kamil
Mary Robinson poses questions to Ethiopia’s Minister for Peace Muferiat Kamil at an Elders public event on forced displacement at the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in May 2019.
Photo: The Elders / Abate Damte
